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not going to help mitt romney if you would criticize the president, as it would pre-election. >> jon: and more from the sequester fear playbook. >> senate leader harry reid sinks to a new low trying it tie the deaths of the u.s. marines to the sequester cuts. and a new study tells how the political press failed in political press failed in their what's droid-smart ? with google now, it automatically knows when you need to leave for the airport, how much traffic there is, and can have your boarding pass ready. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola. droid-smart. droid-powerful. >> a new study by the pew research study for excellence in journalism examines a personal portrayal of candidates in 50 major news outlets over a ten week period. they found 72% of the coverage has been negative for barack obama and 71% has been negative for mitt romney. back in 2008, 57% of media coverage was negative for john mccain and 31% for barack obama. but the real story is where those narratives come from, the study shows, jim, that political journalists are not really investigating, but sort of following t
not going to help mitt romney if you would criticize the president, as it would pre-election. >> jon: and more from the sequester fear playbook. >> senate leader harry reid sinks to a new low trying it tie the deaths of the u.s. marines to the sequester cuts. and a new study tells how the political press failed in political press failed in their what's droid-smart ? with google now, it automatically knows when you need to leave for the airport, how much traffic there is, and can...
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and a new study tells how the political press failed in their mission leading to the election. details next on news watch. tudy by the pew research study for excellence in journalism examines a personal portrayal of candidates in 50 major news outlets over a ten week period. they found 72% of the coverage has been negative for barack obama and 71% has been negative for mitt romney. back in 2008, 57% of media coverage was negative for john mccain and 31% for barack obama. but the real story is where those narratives come from, the study shows, jim, that political journalists are not really investigating, but sort of following the narrative laid out by the campaign. surprised? >> not really. there's a limit to what a reporter watching a candidate through six stops a day. do you want them to step back and say-- maybe you do, but their job and people watch and the news says this is what the guy says today. it's up to others to provide perspective and context. >> jon: but the feeling, judy, is that the campaigns then create their own stories and the media just laughs them off. >> an
and a new study tells how the political press failed in their mission leading to the election. details next on news watch. tudy by the pew research study for excellence in journalism examines a personal portrayal of candidates in 50 major news outlets over a ten week period. they found 72% of the coverage has been negative for barack obama and 71% has been negative for mitt romney. back in 2008, 57% of media coverage was negative for john mccain and 31% for barack obama. but the real story is...
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of the partisan talk and getting to the next election is what is wrong. we have to many people interested in the politics than the policy. >> let me ask you, you plan to leave -- term limited. what are you going to do after you leave the senate to keep you have tried to cut out waste. how do you keep at it if you are not in the sent? >> it will be someone else's job. thend the question is, presumption that other people cannot do more and better than i have done and they can. only we can do it. america is full of millions of people that can do a far better job than we are doing in washington right now. i have a whole lot more experience. i have better judgment. they are not so insecure that they have to hold the position of elected office. they would not worry about it. we need more people who do not care if they are here are not. ofsenator tom coburn am a oklahoma. -- coburn, oklahoma. >> thank you. >> let me turn to you, a lot of hot button issues. what did you hear about the budget? , everybodyaying knows that outlines, grand bargain it would work. that
of the partisan talk and getting to the next election is what is wrong. we have to many people interested in the politics than the policy. >> let me ask you, you plan to leave -- term limited. what are you going to do after you leave the senate to keep you have tried to cut out waste. how do you keep at it if you are not in the sent? >> it will be someone else's job. thend the question is, presumption that other people cannot do more and better than i have done and they can. only we...
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reaction this week, both good and bad, about what direction the party needs to take to win national elections in the future. and one of the big areas of concern is with women voters. some of the recommendations from the report from the republican national committee include communications training, more women as surrogates, rapid response to attacks and more female candidates. joining me now is former republican governor of new jersey and former epa administrator christine todd-whitman, governor, thank you for spending some time. this is your party. this is a party in turmoil. i am putting it nicely. this is a party, i don't want to say at war with itself but a party that is divided in many ways. those suggestions, yes, more female candidates and more female surrogates. but in truth does that get you where you need to be with women voters and if not what does the republican party have to do? >> you've got to change the message. it's not about the messaging, it's the message. you can't just say we've got to say it better or we've got to send other people out. sending a woman out as a candidate
reaction this week, both good and bad, about what direction the party needs to take to win national elections in the future. and one of the big areas of concern is with women voters. some of the recommendations from the report from the republican national committee include communications training, more women as surrogates, rapid response to attacks and more female candidates. joining me now is former republican governor of new jersey and former epa administrator christine todd-whitman,...
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if you're not willing to use your political capital why are you being elected to office. cenk: i want to blow your mind a little more. harry reid said today that they might not have 60 votes for federal gun registry. do you know how many -- i'm sorry, just a background check. that would be 92% 92% of americans support it, but they might not have enough support in the senate. we don't have a democracy, we don't have a democracy. our votes don't matter. in the end the only thing that matters is the paychecks they get from special interests. great reporting. thank you for joining us. as you can tell, i'm worked up about this. now, when we come back, more things i'm worked up about. where am i moving to next? i'll tell you iraq, you want to talk about worked up, republicans, we don't have any money, we don't have any money. we might have had if you hasn't blown $2 trillion in iraq, you losers. "young turks." >> at least a dozen blacks highly coordinated. coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle r
if you're not willing to use your political capital why are you being elected to office. cenk: i want to blow your mind a little more. harry reid said today that they might not have 60 votes for federal gun registry. do you know how many -- i'm sorry, just a background check. that would be 92% 92% of americans support it, but they might not have enough support in the senate. we don't have a democracy, we don't have a democracy. our votes don't matter. in the end the only thing that matters is...
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what is hard to get to is the political dynamics in terms of how it affects elections. and the biggest disease in washington in my opinion, is people care more about the next election than they do the future of the country. so if we get to a grand bargain ul have some people come off and quit worrying about whether or not they want to get reelected and try to fix the country and if we don't it will be about people protecting their political positions and the country will suffer markedly from it. >> on that point, the house this week passed what by most measures would be considered a highly political document, their budget. the senate is getting ready to pass its own budget which is another political document. neither -- >> it is just as highly political. >> i am not disagreeing. neither has a chance of becoming law. so i wonder why you and your colleagues aren't spending more time trying to find middle ground instead of going through what are effectively show votes. >> they want to get paid. and if they don't pass the budget they won't get paid. that's number one. numbe
what is hard to get to is the political dynamics in terms of how it affects elections. and the biggest disease in washington in my opinion, is people care more about the next election than they do the future of the country. so if we get to a grand bargain ul have some people come off and quit worrying about whether or not they want to get reelected and try to fix the country and if we don't it will be about people protecting their political positions and the country will suffer markedly from...
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sort of this emotional cultural vote out there in presidential elections. and it didn't just happen overnight, luke. i mean the fact is our parties have a tough time over the last 24 years winning decisive presidential elections. and it's our job as a party to get to the bottom of why that is. and that's what we're trying to do. so, you know -- >> okay. let's talk about that emotional cultural vote. your predecessor said this this morning on "morning joe" about the issues you have in minority community. >> how does he reconcile his agreement with voter registration policies that many in the black community view as anti-black, racist? you can show up any time. it's what you say and what do you when you get there that matters most to people. >> so the former chairman steel is attacking you right there saying that you're not doing enough in terms of minority outreach, that it's not a real serious plan on your guys' part because of the voter id law supported a lot of swing states that this report shows will effect minority voters. what is your response to him?
sort of this emotional cultural vote out there in presidential elections. and it didn't just happen overnight, luke. i mean the fact is our parties have a tough time over the last 24 years winning decisive presidential elections. and it's our job as a party to get to the bottom of why that is. and that's what we're trying to do. so, you know -- >> okay. let's talk about that emotional cultural vote. your predecessor said this this morning on "morning joe" about the issues you...
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in advance of the special election to fill the seat, mark sanford looks like he will win the runoff when it's held. does elizabeth colbert bush have a good chance of winning? >> well, i think so. in the republican primary, you had a lot of talk, but no contrasting in the approaches to governors the i think we will find, between mark sanford, who i think will win the runoff, and elizabeth colbert, a sharp contrast. the people of south carolina are a forgiving people. we don't mind forgiving mark sanford for the personal indiscretions. that's great. but for his political rhetoric, it leaves a lot to be desired. there are a lot of people, middle income people, schoolteachers, others whose jobs were lost, because mark sanford's governorship cost him that job. we'll remind people of that in this campaign going forward. i think that elizabeth colbert has a tremendous opportunity to win in the first week in may. >> thank you so much. thanks a lot. good to see you, congressman jim clyburn. >>> coming up next, the senate battles the budget. we're going to talk to chair patty murray. >>> bus first
in advance of the special election to fill the seat, mark sanford looks like he will win the runoff when it's held. does elizabeth colbert bush have a good chance of winning? >> well, i think so. in the republican primary, you had a lot of talk, but no contrasting in the approaches to governors the i think we will find, between mark sanford, who i think will win the runoff, and elizabeth colbert, a sharp contrast. the people of south carolina are a forgiving people. we don't mind...
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. >> hal: by the way they had a presidential election in emersia, and mitt romney won hands down. it only has two states though -- >> la jolla and where is his other house? >> hal: yeah when you sneeze instead of bless you, everyone says mercy. that's how it happens. my mom lives there. and this is the one when he is addressing, you know, the violence that palestinians experience while -- and balancing the violence that israelis experience. >> obama: it's not just when sudden violence against palestinians goes unpunished. it's not right to prevent palestinians from farming their lands, or displace palestinian families from their homes. neither occupation nor expulsion is the answer. >> hal: yeah that's pretty direct. >> yeah. >> hal: pretty -- while giving absolutely unflinching support to the security of israel not saying that any move the israeli government wants to make the united states has to back. we shouldn't be that way with any country. >> that's what we were talking about yesterday is not giving cart blanche because we are afraid to speak out -- >> hal: right. let's take
. >> hal: by the way they had a presidential election in emersia, and mitt romney won hands down. it only has two states though -- >> la jolla and where is his other house? >> hal: yeah when you sneeze instead of bless you, everyone says mercy. that's how it happens. my mom lives there. and this is the one when he is addressing, you know, the violence that palestinians experience while -- and balancing the violence that israelis experience. >> obama: it's not just when...
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social media was very important for the election. it remains to be seen how it will hit into governing. they have not been able to make it work for them, for governing. but every president in a modern period has wanted to go around the white house press corps. in the eisenhower administration, when they made their press conference transcripts on the record in 1953 and on television in 1955, the press secretary was interested in getting things out directly. in one of his diary entries he said, we will go directly to the people. that has repeated itself from one administration to the next. the white house press corps continues to be important because those are the people on the ground writing about what it is the president is doing about the policies that he is initiating and what is going on within the white house. that information spreads. you can have something like the huffington post that will be pushing up articles that are in the new york times. i would be wary in thinking i could simply go around them as the white house press c
social media was very important for the election. it remains to be seen how it will hit into governing. they have not been able to make it work for them, for governing. but every president in a modern period has wanted to go around the white house press corps. in the eisenhower administration, when they made their press conference transcripts on the record in 1953 and on television in 1955, the press secretary was interested in getting things out directly. in one of his diary entries he said,...
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>> before the elections i think netanyahu thought he was in charge and he was rooting for mitt romney, lots of talk about potential attack on iran. the president has since won convincingly, netanyahu has lost some ground at home. i thought reading the pool reports that come back, netanyahu was complaining about all of the challenges he's facing putting together his new government and obama basically said, well, talk to me about it. look what my problems on capitol hill are, and netanyahu said, yeah, but we have more moving parts over here, parts in our country don't move at all, that's the problem. >> i had my doubts about whether or not he was going to shift netanyahu's opinion on him. i felt that from the -- remember that photototof netanyahu and obama sitting on the couch in the white house? >> the oval office. >> do you remember that? >> sure. being lectured. >> the whole body posture and so forth. but some of the video emerging from this trip is so authentic and even the words of netanyahu describing obama and what he means, what obama means to him in this relationship. a true fr
>> before the elections i think netanyahu thought he was in charge and he was rooting for mitt romney, lots of talk about potential attack on iran. the president has since won convincingly, netanyahu has lost some ground at home. i thought reading the pool reports that come back, netanyahu was complaining about all of the challenges he's facing putting together his new government and obama basically said, well, talk to me about it. look what my problems on capitol hill are, and netanyahu...
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on election night they lost that. in 2010, get ready for this. the obama administration has been so straightfoard and honest. nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will continue. twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that will amount to $675 billion. this is getting expensive. among the most controversial, 2.6% tax. another $43,000. house republicans voted last summer to repeal this that they had installed it in th senate. senator orrihatch renew the effort today. he introduced a bipartisan amendment with nine democratic cosponsors to roll back that medical vice attacks. so what about presidentspromised to cut health care insurance premiums? $2500 per family. one study commission that obamacare will increase the cost of a f
on election night they lost that. in 2010, get ready for this. the obama administration has been so straightfoard and honest. nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will...
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when the election was over, they walked it back. >> bob: they didn't walk it back. 1400 still go -- >> dana: they stop talking about it. >> eric: i tell you what will happen. with the rhetoric on the right, the senators who want to run for president or allegedly want to run for president now offering ideas for immigration reform and pathway to citizenship you have influx of illegals coming to the country. they will take a five-year back. let's send them back. >> bob: you will have an immigration bill for sure. >> i hope we do. >> i hope it doesn't include pathway to citizenship. pathway to legalization not to e getting in the second topic. the position on immigration will be tough, because hispanics will not migrate to the republican party. we debated that yesterday. up next on "the five," eric has breath-taking new developments in jodie arias murder trial and details how hollywood is hoping to cash in on it. later, a lot of men would like to spend the night with kate upton. a brave teenager may get the chance. the lucky guy and the proposal that caught her attention up next. >> eric:
when the election was over, they walked it back. >> bob: they didn't walk it back. 1400 still go -- >> dana: they stop talking about it. >> eric: i tell you what will happen. with the rhetoric on the right, the senators who want to run for president or allegedly want to run for president now offering ideas for immigration reform and pathway to citizenship you have influx of illegals coming to the country. they will take a five-year back. let's send them back. >> bob: you...
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80% of americans are with us and we have these democrats who are supposed to be on our side, who got elected with 90% plus of african american vote, and what we see happening in inner cities around the country with gun violence, you know, there's a lot of work that we have to do in our mritpolitical systems, but one of the key things is really deal with money in politics. the overwhelming reach that these lobby groups like the nra can have in drowning out the voice of every day people. >> cenk: yeah, i think you are right. the assault weapons and high capacity magazines, they dropped those already. diane i want to go back back to wayne lapierre. let's watch this together. >> the whole thing universal checks is a dishonest premise. there is not a bill on the hill that provides a universal check. the shooters in tucson and arrow, newtown, they are not going to be checked. they are unrecognizable. diane how do you respond to that? >> well, it -- the logic doesn't make sense. if you follow that through, criminals don't respond to any law, okay. so if we are going to follow that through we wouldn
80% of americans are with us and we have these democrats who are supposed to be on our side, who got elected with 90% plus of african american vote, and what we see happening in inner cities around the country with gun violence, you know, there's a lot of work that we have to do in our mritpolitical systems, but one of the key things is really deal with money in politics. the overwhelming reach that these lobby groups like the nra can have in drowning out the voice of every day people. >>...
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now they bring it back as if there was no election. >> neil: do you think the budget submitted by senator patty murray, which doesn't approach balance and increases spending and increases taxes, is what the american people voted for back in november? is that what they voted for? >> do you know there's no one that challenges that america's on the road to recovery. if you think for one minute just saying that you are cutting spending, that doesn't mean that you are cutting savings. it doesn't mean you're not -- more money. >> neil: even under the -- we're cutting the growth. are you saying -- >> you're talking about -- jo congressman, yes or no, do you think cutting spending should be a goal? yes or no. >> should i think cutting -- yes, it's how you cut it, of course. everybody believes in cutting. >> neil: what would you cut? >> there's so much money that's already been cut. if we had the obama law, things were cut there. ryan knows it, because he took out the savings we had in the president's bill. even though he's against the bill, somehow he found it that the cutting of savings. >> you'
now they bring it back as if there was no election. >> neil: do you think the budget submitted by senator patty murray, which doesn't approach balance and increases spending and increases taxes, is what the american people voted for back in november? is that what they voted for? >> do you know there's no one that challenges that america's on the road to recovery. if you think for one minute just saying that you are cutting spending, that doesn't mean that you are cutting savings. it...
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the first big policy address to congress, obviously after re-election. he said they deserve a vote. he didn't say it about one part or only background checks. he went through and put his moral fiber on the line and that they deserve a vote for each proposal. that was the president's words. i think what we're seeing is a pretty important fissure where now harry reid, either doesn't care that much about this issue from the person of comprehensive gun regulation and floor votes, or because he is stuck dealing with this very unruly caucus. either way, he has broken away from the idea we'll have a vote on everything whether or not we lose. now he is saying, you know what? this thing, maybe it is an amendment. maybe it gets in but i don't really care. when you contrast that to over 900 people are killed every month with guns and that we're talking about democracy and one of the president's key noneconomic domestic agenda items. i think it is a tremendous fissure that harry reid can't deliver what the president said it was priority number one. >> harry reed is considering his constituents.
the first big policy address to congress, obviously after re-election. he said they deserve a vote. he didn't say it about one part or only background checks. he went through and put his moral fiber on the line and that they deserve a vote for each proposal. that was the president's words. i think what we're seeing is a pretty important fissure where now harry reid, either doesn't care that much about this issue from the person of comprehensive gun regulation and floor votes, or because he is...
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in bell, california, five former elected officials of been convicted for getting themselves big salaries at the expense of the residents in the city where more than 25 percent live in poverty. the bankrupt city of san bernardino is giving police and firefighters a million-dollar pay increase. this comes after city officials claim they can barely make peril . why the hike? the city's charter mandates pay for these workers be tied to attend similar size california cities to all of which are in much better financial shape and san bernardino. impact, in irvine in pasadena, home values and property taxes are three times sandino's. boost have the city charter overturned have failed in the city council. again, this city, filing for bankruptcy in august citing a $46 million deficit and goes before a judge tomorrow. it is stupid moves like this that are keeping cities and agencies like the post office drowning in debt. there is more people involved and not a fix the problem. we just need to get the monitor. that's my "2 cents more," and that's it for tonight on "the willis report." thank you for
in bell, california, five former elected officials of been convicted for getting themselves big salaries at the expense of the residents in the city where more than 25 percent live in poverty. the bankrupt city of san bernardino is giving police and firefighters a million-dollar pay increase. this comes after city officials claim they can barely make peril . why the hike? the city's charter mandates pay for these workers be tied to attend similar size california cities to all of which are in...
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because it killed them in the 1994 elections and really i think it was critical even in the 2000 elections. west have a used to be a solidly democratic state. it's not, if you were to point to any single issue as to why that is the case, you would point to this you would point to guns. >> i think there's something else, too. there's cult rattly something else with this, as with abortion on the anti-abortion side. this is an issue where one side actually votes on the issue. where one side has long memories and where one side has a very intense focus on this issue. i think that those who most people who say they favor gun control, that for them is just, it's part of a smorgabord of issues. >> there are not single-issue voters. people who support gun rights. >> i would like to add to that. a point to what karen said. somebody might be in favor of gun control. so they'll show up on the majority side of that. but they're going to make assumptions about politicians who back gun control. the kind of person who likes gun control, oh, they must be also support x, y, and z, in other words, they're a
because it killed them in the 1994 elections and really i think it was critical even in the 2000 elections. west have a used to be a solidly democratic state. it's not, if you were to point to any single issue as to why that is the case, you would point to this you would point to guns. >> i think there's something else, too. there's cult rattly something else with this, as with abortion on the anti-abortion side. this is an issue where one side actually votes on the issue. where one side...
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the governor to tack so far to the right that it would hurt him for moderate voters in the general election. >> well, i think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. everything changes. it's almost like an etch-a-sketch, you can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. >> to this day that i'm asked to sign etch-a-sketches. i wish i could say i caused mitt romney's defeat. but after the 47% video credit for mitt romney's failure goes to one person, mitt romney. the cost of looking good will no longer be exacted on welfare of animals in europe. cosmetic products including toiletries that are tested on animals have been banned by the e.u. since 2004 but now any cosmetic product that possesses an ingredient tested on animals will also be subject to a ban. now cosmetic companies lobbied hard against the ban claiming that alternative testing has not been perfected to guarantee consumer safety, to say nothing for the safety of the animals experimented on to make sure that lipstick doesn't smudge. we're please to welcome pascaline clerc. this e.u. ban in 2004 they are now expanding it
the governor to tack so far to the right that it would hurt him for moderate voters in the general election. >> well, i think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. everything changes. it's almost like an etch-a-sketch, you can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. >> to this day that i'm asked to sign etch-a-sketches. i wish i could say i caused mitt romney's defeat. but after the 47% video credit for mitt romney's failure goes to one person, mitt romney. the cost...
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you have ynetanyahu out of a ne election. you have palestinian authority. so how you have negotiations and what the formula would be and israel surrounded byis lathe fund meantlism and war in syria, it just really is a very hard climb. but they said they are at least going to start. and i know that john kerry is very committed to this. >> andrea mitch they'll jerusalem. thanks so much, andrea. great information. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> with us now is a fellow from is a van center at middle east policy from brookings institution. as andrea just mentioned, israelis had an election of their own recently. prime minister netanyahu just formed a new government. he was seeing as having been weakened. how does this new coalition impact the process and impact this trip even? >> the coalition has important consequences for the peace process and ability to move forward. there is a bit of conflict here. on the one hand this is netanyahu's third government so the guest guide is what he will do in first two terms of prime minister. first in the '90s and just now. t
you have ynetanyahu out of a ne election. you have palestinian authority. so how you have negotiations and what the formula would be and israel surrounded byis lathe fund meantlism and war in syria, it just really is a very hard climb. but they said they are at least going to start. and i know that john kerry is very committed to this. >> andrea mitch they'll jerusalem. thanks so much, andrea. great information. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> with us now is a fellow from is a...
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the election and the problems surrounding the election and the i.m.f. loan are related. at least one of the arguments that has been made by the fund and i don't think is the only argument, they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or have egypt commit to an agreement or morsi commit to a agreement that does not have a broad based. until that transpires they are not going to, you know, give the $4.8 billion. there is more going on than that. but that is certainly one aspect of it. the other aspect of this is -- this is maybe for many of you to think about what the external role it should be. it is not the case and it has not been in the past that the international community and regional players will allow egypt to fail. it has not happened in the last 30, 40 years when egypt faced economic crisis at the end of the 1980's. they were also running out of foreign reserves and the international and the paris club came to the rescue. i think it is not going to be a situation. we've seen a talk about it and so on. the amounts of money we're talk about ar
the election and the problems surrounding the election and the i.m.f. loan are related. at least one of the arguments that has been made by the fund and i don't think is the only argument, they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or have egypt commit to an agreement or morsi commit to a agreement that does not have a broad based. until that transpires they are not going to, you know, give the $4.8 billion. there is more going on than that. but that is certainly one aspect of it. the...
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this is his first trip before being re-elected. it certainly helped persuade the israeli government to come up with a coalition agreement so that their act would be together to greet him. i think it's going to be really interesting to see what he says tomorrow to the people because that is how the obama administration is framing this trip. not as a diplomatic coup, but really as a person-to-person mission. israelis just don't know him. you know-- >> john: especially netanyahu's brother, apparently, who said some very unkind things about the president's stand toward israel. >> well, i think there is suspicion. much of that is based on because there has not been that much of this kind of contact. in 2009 the president went to kay row and gave an amazing speech there and traveled the middle east, but many israelis felt neglected. now he's taking care of that. >> and we know the palestinians feel neglected as well. maysoon let me ask you. we all have high hopes where the president hopes to reignite talk of a two-state solution. but giv
this is his first trip before being re-elected. it certainly helped persuade the israeli government to come up with a coalition agreement so that their act would be together to greet him. i think it's going to be really interesting to see what he says tomorrow to the people because that is how the obama administration is framing this trip. not as a diplomatic coup, but really as a person-to-person mission. israelis just don't know him. you know-- >> john: especially netanyahu's brother,...
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tax on average middle and lower income people that's the big increase in taxes after a presidential election in which the campaigns out to each other to preserve the middle class to save the middle class they just whack that middle class with a tax increase that raises four times the amount of money that the so-called tax on wealthy people will ever bring in it's startling but it's a lesson that we're going in that road that cyprus prefigures for us which is going to happen first in your opinion is the three percent arbitrary three percent. maximum debt ceiling going to be blown up or lifted so that countries like greece and spain and cyprus can can run a larger debts or is are we going to see countries just flee the euro go back to their is a lawyer and says at this point there's still the hope in europe that the countries that have by the way been ignoring these rules france and germany as well as the countries in difficult circumstances have been ignoring all sorts of the rules they all agreed on so there's plenty of precedent for not in fact abiding by the rules and there's relatively li
tax on average middle and lower income people that's the big increase in taxes after a presidential election in which the campaigns out to each other to preserve the middle class to save the middle class they just whack that middle class with a tax increase that raises four times the amount of money that the so-called tax on wealthy people will ever bring in it's startling but it's a lesson that we're going in that road that cyprus prefigures for us which is going to happen first in your...
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>> i am elected. i'm in my third term and i've been the sheriff for ten and the response has been overwhelming. in the last 18 hours received over 6, 700 e-mails and out of those only ten have been negative. all the rest have been supportive. >> greta: no doubt in your mind, you're not going to enforce these two laws. >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind i will not enforce these laws because i can't, i won't, i don't have the desire or the will to do it. >> greta: sheriff, thank you for joining us, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> greta: also tonight the possibility of congress approving an assault weapons ban just got slimmer. senate democratic leaders are now removing the ban from the gun control measure that the senate is set to debate. instead, the assault weapons ban will be offered later as an amendment. and that is according to a sponsor senator dianne feinstein and the senate majority leader, harry reid saying he's concerned for the assault position would block passage of any bill at a
>> i am elected. i'm in my third term and i've been the sheriff for ten and the response has been overwhelming. in the last 18 hours received over 6, 700 e-mails and out of those only ten have been negative. all the rest have been supportive. >> greta: no doubt in your mind, you're not going to enforce these two laws. >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind i will not enforce these laws because i can't, i won't, i don't have the desire or the will to do it. >> greta:...
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also on the side of saying we got to do something about these tea party whackos who get these guys elected and then they can't win in november. >> yeah, it was amazing how many shots got taken at karl rove at cpac. sarah palin, and [ inaudible ] from the conservative media watchdog group -- i'm blanking on the name, i'm sorry -- >> bill: the media research -- >> media research center. thank you. it's pretty amazing how quickly he was able to isle leen at it a lot of those tea party folks. a lot of them probably didn't like him in the first place, but it's amazing -- and he did sort of back down from some of his stuff originally where he was -- that conservative victory project that founded -- after that first round of comments he was helping and hawing on how much they would be getting involved in these primaries and whether or not they would be going after people like steve keg who looks like he is going to win any primary in iowa. >> bill: all right. kevin robolard is a reporter for "politico." nothing more fun than standing on the side lines and watching republicans eat each other alive
also on the side of saying we got to do something about these tea party whackos who get these guys elected and then they can't win in november. >> yeah, it was amazing how many shots got taken at karl rove at cpac. sarah palin, and [ inaudible ] from the conservative media watchdog group -- i'm blanking on the name, i'm sorry -- >> bill: the media research -- >> media research center. thank you. it's pretty amazing how quickly he was able to isle leen at it a lot of those tea...
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and that determined the outcome of the election. >> that's right. >> well, yes. and the interesting thing here, too, is if you listen, i know you both have, to the -- the right wing attack on gay marriage, and, you know, that coming from republican quarters, it just doesn't seem to have the same pizzaz it used to. it's like they know they're fighting against the tide. they know they're losing this battle. you know, demographics alone suggest they're going to lose it. and i just don't feel the same energy as you still get when you talk about the abortion issue. so i think, you know, while indeed there may be some people trying to gin this up for the 2014 elections, a lot of people in the republican party, you know, will not want to do that. and i think, you know, those people who turned out to vote back in 1994, you're right. they're with walkers, jimmy. they're not going to make it to the polls. now they're going to go, meh, who cares. it's not going to lead to a surge. >> i think you're right. i think also when people don't realize the importance of a vote, let'
and that determined the outcome of the election. >> that's right. >> well, yes. and the interesting thing here, too, is if you listen, i know you both have, to the -- the right wing attack on gay marriage, and, you know, that coming from republican quarters, it just doesn't seem to have the same pizzaz it used to. it's like they know they're fighting against the tide. they know they're losing this battle. you know, demographics alone suggest they're going to lose it. and i just...
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and the nra's 10 or $20 million in every election cycle literally buys vehicles, because the american public doesn't president in our democracy. if the listeners out there did one thing and one thing only one take away right now, it's call the -- the congress the switchboard, 202-224-3121, ask to speak to your elected officials wherever you are from whatever state, whatever district, and tell them to stand up to the gun industry. stand up to the nra and their nonsense that is killing 87 americans every day, require a background check for gun sales, prohibit the sale of magazine ammunition magazines, you know, over ten rounds when police are carrying 13 and are out gunned by criminals, and then let's bring the assault weapon ban up for a vote. it's the common denominator used in all of the major mass shootings in public places, the american people want it, the majority of gun owners support it, and it's simply the nra and their blood money contributors and the gun industry that are keeping our kids from dying unnecessarily from gun violence. >> michael: i was so frustrated last week in
and the nra's 10 or $20 million in every election cycle literally buys vehicles, because the american public doesn't president in our democracy. if the listeners out there did one thing and one thing only one take away right now, it's call the -- the congress the switchboard, 202-224-3121, ask to speak to your elected officials wherever you are from whatever state, whatever district, and tell them to stand up to the gun industry. stand up to the nra and their nonsense that is killing 87...
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the american people roundly rejected the ryan budget during the elections last year. ryan said it's not because of the budget that romney and mr. ryan lost, but there were other things that played there as well. let's listen to representative paul ryan. >> this is a good week for all us represents, a week where we bring to the country a responsible, balanced budget. the reason we are balancing our budget is because it is a necessary means to an end which is to improve people's lives. we balance the budget without raising taxes. we're actually growing the economy. it appropriates a fasters a healthier stronger economy to create more jobs. michael: the reason a lot of republicans probably voled against this bill is it doesn't stand a prayer in the senate. it is not going to pass the senate. this is almost a symbolic vote. they voted on this ryan budget now a number of times amounted i had has not really passed ever. john boehner was happy because what they did also today was approve by 318-109 a federal spending bill to keep the government funded through september 30, w
the american people roundly rejected the ryan budget during the elections last year. ryan said it's not because of the budget that romney and mr. ryan lost, but there were other things that played there as well. let's listen to representative paul ryan. >> this is a good week for all us represents, a week where we bring to the country a responsible, balanced budget. the reason we are balancing our budget is because it is a necessary means to an end which is to improve people's lives. we...
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he went 50 for 50 in his state by state elections for the 2012 election. just imagine what numbers guru nate silver can do for your march madness bracket. >>> the world lead -- 70,000 people have already been killed in syria's two-year-long civil war but now reports that forces have started using the kind of artillery that could kill that number of people in a matter of days. i'm referring to chemical weapons. as of now the reports are unconfirmed. if true, it is unclear who fired them. each side blames the other. i'll bring in nick walsh standing by in beirut, lebanon. the rebels say the government killed 25 people with a chemical weapon. help us out here. who is telling the truth? >> reporter: it still isn't really clear, jake. we don't have confirmation chemical weapons were used but there are two separate incidents. one in a city in the north, aleppo, in which the regime says it was hit by a chemical weapon fired by rebels and the russian government backing that up one activist saying this seems to have landed between rebel and regime lines and may hav
he went 50 for 50 in his state by state elections for the 2012 election. just imagine what numbers guru nate silver can do for your march madness bracket. >>> the world lead -- 70,000 people have already been killed in syria's two-year-long civil war but now reports that forces have started using the kind of artillery that could kill that number of people in a matter of days. i'm referring to chemical weapons. as of now the reports are unconfirmed. if true, it is unclear who fired...
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but as fast as they come out -- do the phones work between the rnc and the -- the election-neering, or do they got care anymore -- >> let's take our liberal hats off and look at this as political scientists looking for a degree. imagine your political party was a certain demographic that was dying off, but still hard wired to support a certain set of issues that were largely unpopular with the american people. >> right. >> you have a few choices if that's the case. when you first switch your position to attract people you are going to be in a world of pain because the people that give you money and volunteer for your causes are going to be offended and not like the idea that you changed on the issues that are dear to their hearts. so they are slowly coming out in favor of immigration reform again. there is some -- person by person -- and i'm doing my job of trying to recruit more gay children of senator -- >> hal: right. >> but as republicans encounter the idea that marriage equality isn't just about gay people it's about winning independence and women, and as they start to evolve on t
but as fast as they come out -- do the phones work between the rnc and the -- the election-neering, or do they got care anymore -- >> let's take our liberal hats off and look at this as political scientists looking for a degree. imagine your political party was a certain demographic that was dying off, but still hard wired to support a certain set of issues that were largely unpopular with the american people. >> right. >> you have a few choices if that's the case. when you...
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excited about that because they plan to use that vote against republicans in campaign ads for the next election. we have the one and only ezra klein here momentarily to sort out what's important about what they just voted on in congress and whether we just avoided one of the cliff slash ceilings clash crisis congress now schedules for us every few weeks and whether the way they avoided this next one is itself important. there's a lot going on in the news. we have a lot ahead. we begin tonight with late breaking and rather surprising news from the democratic leader in the senate, senator harry reid. following two days of angry response from california senator dianne feinstein, she had been very publicly disappointed and angry harry reid was not going move her assault weapons ban to the senate floor as part of the democrats gun reform package. after two days of defiant reaction from senator dianne feinstein and supporters of gun reform and vice president biden made an appearance with mayor michael bloomberg demanding the assault weapons ban gets a vote and neither he or the president will rest un
excited about that because they plan to use that vote against republicans in campaign ads for the next election. we have the one and only ezra klein here momentarily to sort out what's important about what they just voted on in congress and whether we just avoided one of the cliff slash ceilings clash crisis congress now schedules for us every few weeks and whether the way they avoided this next one is itself important. there's a lot going on in the news. we have a lot ahead. we begin tonight...
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both of these guys just won elections. they are in the words of a top american official the other day, stuck with each other. and it's very crystal clear today, both of them have decided to try to turn a new page. are they going to be best friends, i think not. but are they going to be better friends? today it appeared they're going to at least try at that. and that makes a difference. when you're dealing with the iran nuclear crisis, the syria civil crisis, the question of whether you can get the palestinians and the israelis back on the table. if they like each other a bit more, it helps when things get difficult. and that's a difficult list. >> people assume that iran may be overshadowing this trip, in a sense, syria has overtaken even iran because of the suggestion that chemical weapons have been used, both sides trying to blame the other side. what do we really know about what may have happened here? >> reporter: not much. which is part of the issue. the president used some very muscular language today at the press co
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. >> mosh than four years ago, when president obama was elected in that historic election. something terrible happened. in that in california, the hateful proposition 8 was passed by a slim majority of those voters. and i and some colleagues of mine, rob and michelle and christina shocky, someone mentioned that ted olsen might in fact share our view on marriage. i have to admit, chris, i was initially doubtful. but i began a series of conversations with ted and ultimately discovered that he believed in it personally. and he believed in it as a fundamental constitutional right. we filed the case with these four plaintiffs nearly four years ago and we won at federal district court. we won at the court of appeal, i'm optimistic of what will happen here. by bringing ted olsen and david boies together, two lawyers that were on the opposite sides of bush v gore it allowed us to lift the partisan veil that we always discussed in the issue of marriage equality and shined the spotlight on the human faces of suffering. the gay and lesbian families, the couples and their children. who
. >> mosh than four years ago, when president obama was elected in that historic election. something terrible happened. in that in california, the hateful proposition 8 was passed by a slim majority of those voters. and i and some colleagues of mine, rob and michelle and christina shocky, someone mentioned that ted olsen might in fact share our view on marriage. i have to admit, chris, i was initially doubtful. but i began a series of conversations with ted and ultimately discovered that...
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as he has done every year since being elected, he appeared on espn this morning to fill out his own ncaa bracket and let us know his favorites to do well in this year's men's basketball tournament. this time he picked indiana to win the tournament, which is not an especially daring pick but not an entirely obvious choice. in previous years, republicans responded to the president doing an ncaa bracket with outrage, as if this is a major scandal that he does this. >> you know what, we as a world are going through a dire state, we need to address it, maybe i am not going to worry about brackets for march madness. >> the president may look a little disconnected focusing on the ncaa. >> he is so disconnected. how dare he. basketball is terrible. the american people hate basketball
as he has done every year since being elected, he appeared on espn this morning to fill out his own ncaa bracket and let us know his favorites to do well in this year's men's basketball tournament. this time he picked indiana to win the tournament, which is not an especially daring pick but not an entirely obvious choice. in previous years, republicans responded to the president doing an ncaa bracket with outrage, as if this is a major scandal that he does this. >> you know what, we as a...
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your party has had a very bad report this past election. . let's talk about young people, in order to make people feel better about being republicans, your chair right now, mr. priebus is saying let's talk more positively about gales, about more different views on issues, but he's really not doing anything. >> no, and that's going to be -- >> he's not telling anybody to change. >> in one sense you're not saying anything new. you didn't need to spend $10 million to figure that out. it's very obvious after the election, just after 2006 and 2008. we had a people problem. it's beyond the message. it's how we connect to people and how they respond. number two, with respect to young people they are going to be the outcome determinative factor for the party. the future will rest in their hands, and their attitudes are shifting and changing, and how the national leadership begins to reshape the argument. i mean, look, we are a party that believes very firmly in the marriage between a man and a woman. how do you express that without alienating those w
your party has had a very bad report this past election. . let's talk about young people, in order to make people feel better about being republicans, your chair right now, mr. priebus is saying let's talk more positively about gales, about more different views on issues, but he's really not doing anything. >> no, and that's going to be -- >> he's not telling anybody to change. >> in one sense you're not saying anything new. you didn't need to spend $10 million to figure that...
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there are some that get managed to be elected to congress who secretly hope to bring this country down. i suppose that's possible. but don't count on a bunch hearings or high profile probes to do the job of finding them. i have to say that we've been here before. been there before. congresswoman bachmann, been there done that. nobody who remembers him wants very much to see it all happen again. thank god. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show," starts now. >> good evening americans. welcome to "the ed show." i'm eric michael dyson. after a decade of war,er with still uncovering lies that led us into conflict with iraq. turns out union busting governor john kay sick won't support unions either. ceo of starbucks serves up support for minimum wage increase. reverend jesse jackson joins me on public schools. >>> but first, bowling for columbine, i will ask michael moore why the need for gun control is even more urgent. this is "the ed show," and as ed would say, let's get to work. >>> we begin with an image that's been circulating the web this way. it is a p
there are some that get managed to be elected to congress who secretly hope to bring this country down. i suppose that's possible. but don't count on a bunch hearings or high profile probes to do the job of finding them. i have to say that we've been here before. been there before. congresswoman bachmann, been there done that. nobody who remembers him wants very much to see it all happen again. thank god. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed...
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elected officials continue to engage in behaviors that are counter to why we be -- elected them. i do not know all the facts, but again, i think this is part of a larger problem -- we need to hold elected officials more accountable and thank you for c- span. host: eric, before we let you go, are there ways you would change the law, specific recommendations? not knowou know, i do that changing the law would be a solution because i do not know enough about the issue. i think we are skimming the surface. with more information about what is really going on, that would give me and the american people the information they would need to make a recommendation for change that would make sense. host: thank you for your call. guest: just a little bit of background -- there have been efforts to change the law. the house, in 2007, passed a bill that would inhibit lawmakers from employing spouses, only applying to spouses on campaign payrolls. it died in the senate. there has been an effort to renew that, and even expand that in this session of congress. a republican senator of louisiana to do
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because if they pass too much they're going to be worried about a general election. if they don't pass enough they could be worried about a primary election. >> there was an interesting article in the national journal today. and they said that the democrats may be misreading the polls that actually doesn't take into account the level of intensity on the side of the nra. and maybe it's not matched on the side of people who want that change. the nra has been better funded for such a long time. is that a realistic assessment. >> sure, the nra is well organized. but i think we need to look at how much money they spent, tens of millions of dollars in the last election and what kind of return they had. they had less than 1% of return of districts they went into and candidates they were supporting. so i do think there's still a bit of a myth around how strong the nra's political capital is. >> it was interesting, i had charlie rangel on. on monday, more than 20 episcopal bishops are going to march to protest gun violence. and they're asking hundreds of people, maybe thousan
because if they pass too much they're going to be worried about a general election. if they don't pass enough they could be worried about a primary election. >> there was an interesting article in the national journal today. and they said that the democrats may be misreading the polls that actually doesn't take into account the level of intensity on the side of the nra. and maybe it's not matched on the side of people who want that change. the nra has been better funded for such a long...
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it wasn't an issue in the big election where his name was on the ballot. >> id hasn't been imple -- it hadn't been implemented yet. >> and mitt romney. it will be a huge issue. republicans are making a mistake if they don't campaign on it extensively. >> bret: that is his line. stay tuned for a big start for a new team. license and registration please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you over today? because i'm a pig driving a convertible? tail light's out.. fix it. digital insurance id cards. just a click away with the geico mobile app.
it wasn't an issue in the big election where his name was on the ballot. >> id hasn't been imple -- it hadn't been implemented yet. >> and mitt romney. it will be a huge issue. republicans are making a mistake if they don't campaign on it extensively. >> bret: that is his line. stay tuned for a big start for a new team. license and registration please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you...
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you look at the senate dems up for re-election, baucus, begich, landrieu, my ir. >> i don't think any member of congress i've spoken to has ever chalked him up as a threat. but the house of representatives has republican members from rural states, that don't really think much about mike bloomberg, he could dump as many money as he wants into the campaign. but you've seen republican super pacs and other republican organizations, dump as much money into it when republicans go home to their districts across the country, in the south, in the west where hunting is huge, i don't think any of them are hearing a desire for gun legislation. and there's an idea that maybe we need some action-forcing event. we've had several of them. there was a shooting this morning and republicans are not talking about this. >> then how do you square that with the polling? which is so overwhelming -- nothing gets 91%. like extra-long recess might get support of like 91% of the country, personal recess, not even in schools. all i'm saying is gallup, 91%. cbs news, 91%. abc news/"washington post" 91%. overwhelmi
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electability is what it's about. >> former congressman, good to see you. thanks so much. >>> checking the news feed this morning, colorado police are following up on several tips in their man hunt for the person who killed the state's prison director. tom clements was shot tuesday after answering the front door of his home. officials say they don't know for sure if the murder is related to his job, but they have increased security for other state officials including the governor. >>> the new general in charge of guantanamo bay prison wants $150 million to overhaul the facility that president obama once vowed to shut down. the money would pay for new guard barracks, a new dining hall and legal conference center. about 25 detainees are currently on a hunger strike. that's the largest protest there in several years. the white house says it is still committed to closing the prison. >>> more threats this morning from north korea. the government says it will attack military bases in japan and guam if provoked. this comes a day after kim jong-un conducted a mock
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republican party has sort of unveiled and showed its card over the last year or so in the presidential election. they're trying to sort of cover ground and recuperate from that sort of process. but scalia is, he's kind of like situated with the tea party republicans in a lot of his social beliefs. because of our access to the documentation of these court proceedings these days, the ways in which the information gets out really, really quickly, someone like scalia has essentially established himself as a representative of the right wing in too many ways for us to forget any time soon. these issues being onboard right now are going to prevent folk from distancing himself from the court in ways which we've done in the past. again, scalia is not the right guy for us to think about the supreme court in an apolitical sense. >> nia malika, i'm going to end you. in that context, one thing i thought was so interesting in the pew poll was that actually conservatives think that the court is too liberal. right? so politically speaking, we're sort of all over the map here. >> that's right. and that's becaus
republican party has sort of unveiled and showed its card over the last year or so in the presidential election. they're trying to sort of cover ground and recuperate from that sort of process. but scalia is, he's kind of like situated with the tea party republicans in a lot of his social beliefs. because of our access to the documentation of these court proceedings these days, the ways in which the information gets out really, really quickly, someone like scalia has essentially established...